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UK Airport Taxi Prices
A fixed-price UK airport taxi costs £29 to £198. The price you see is the price you pay.
How Much Is a Taxi to the Airport?
A fixed-price taxi to a UK airport costs £29 to £198 on our published routes. That is a quote, not an estimate. The number you see when you book is the number you pay. Two things set your price: how far you travel, and which vehicle you need. Nothing else moves it.
| What changes your price | What never changes it |
|---|---|
| Distance | Time of day |
| Vehicle class | Bank holidays |
| Extra pickup or drop-off stops | Traffic on the day |
| Meet and greet in the terminal | Flight delays |
| Waiting beyond the free 45 minutes | Airport drop-off charges |
A 3am pickup on Christmas Day costs the same as 1pm on a Tuesday. Same route, same vehicle, same price. Metered taxis charge a night rate and a bank holiday rate. Ride-hail apps add a surge multiplier at both.
Your fare also covers tolls, the London Congestion Charge where it applies, and the airport drop-off fee. Your driver tracks your flight number and waits 45 minutes free from the moment you land.
Manchester Airport taxi fares start at £38. Prices for all eight airports we serve are below, with journey times.
Airport Taxi Prices by Airport
Fixed prices for the eight UK airports we cover. Every fare is the total for the journey, not a starting figure. Fares effective 22-09-2026. Saloon seats up to 4 with 2 cases. MPV6 seats up to 5 with 3 cases. Business Class adds about 15% to the Saloon fare, MPV6 about 25% and MPV8 about 60%.
Manchester Airport Taxi Prices (MAN)
Manchester runs two passenger terminals. Terminal 2 handles every airline except Ryanair, which sits in Terminal 3. Terminal 1 is closed. Ryanair check-in still uses the old Terminal 1 building and walks through to Terminal 3, which catches people out.
Access is off the M56 at junction 5. Saloon fares start at £38.
| Pick-up | Saloon | MPV6 | Journey time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sheffield | £101 | £126 | 80 mins |
| Liverpool | £82 | £96 | 54 mins |
| Leeds | £105 | £140 | 65 mins |
| Blackpool | £105 | £134 | 67 mins |
| Stoke-on-Trent | £90 | £111 | 54 mins |
| Preston | £93 | £116 | 51 mins |
Manchester charges £5.50 to stop for five minutes at the terminal and £6.50 for ten. That sits inside your fare, not on top of it.
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Heathrow Airport Taxi Prices (LHR)
Heathrow runs four terminals. Terminal 2 and Terminal 3 share the Central Terminal Area. Terminal 4 and Terminal 5 are separate buildings on their own approach roads.
For T2 and T3, leave the M4 at junction 4 or the M25 at junction 15. For T4 and T5, leave the M25 at junction 14. Saloon fares start at £38.
| Pick-up | Saloon | MPV6 | Journey time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southampton | £134 | £154 | 76 mins |
| Oxford | £95 | £130 | 68 mins |
| Cambridge | £147 | £178 | 97 mins |
| Bristol | £188 | £208 | 112 mins |
| Birmingham | £198 | £218 | 123 mins |
| Portsmouth | £158 | £183 | 79 mins |
Heathrow charges £7 every time a vehicle enters a terminal drop-off area. Your quote covers it.
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Heathrow Airport Taxi Prices (LHR)
Heathrow runs four terminals. Terminal 2 and Terminal 3 share the Central Terminal Area. Terminal 4 and Terminal 5 are separate buildings on their own approach roads.
For T2 and T3, leave the M4 at junction 4 or the M25 at junction 15. For T4 and T5, leave the M25 at junction 14. Saloon fares start at £38.
| Pick-up | Saloon | MPV6 | Journey time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southampton | £134 | £154 | 76 mins |
| Oxford | £95 | £130 | 68 mins |
| Cambridge | £147 | £178 | 97 mins |
| Bristol | £188 | £208 | 112 mins |
| Birmingham | £198 | £218 | 123 mins |
| Portsmouth | £158 | £183 | 79 mins |
Heathrow charges £7 every time a vehicle enters a terminal drop-off area. Your quote covers it.
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Gatwick Airport Taxi Prices (LGW)
Gatwick runs a North and a South terminal, joined by a free shuttle that runs around the clock. Your driver tracks your flight number and goes to the right one.
The airport connects straight to the M23 at junction 9. Saloon fares start at £32.
| Pick-up | Saloon | MPV6 | Journey time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton | £75 | £100 | 45 mins |
| London | £106 | £137 | 86 mins |
| Southampton | £145 | £175 | 103 mins |
| Portsmouth | £130 | £160 | 86 mins |
| Worthing | £82 | £110 | 47 mins |
| Guildford | £80 | £100 | 45 mins |
Gatwick drop-off starts at £10 and adds £1 a minute after that. It is already in your price.
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Stansted Airport Taxi Prices (STN)
Stansted works from a single terminal building with three satellite gate piers. Coming from London, leave the M11 at junction 8a. From the Cambridge direction, junction 8. Saloon fares start at £40.
| Pick-up | Saloon | MPV6 | Journey time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cambridge | £90 | £102 | 41 mins |
| Norwich | £155 | £190 | 96 mins |
| Peterborough | £119 | £145 | 72 mins |
| London | £108 | £131 | 63 mins |
| Braintree | £70 | £90 | 20 mins |
| Colchester | £69 | £83 | 40 mins |
Stansted charges £13 to drop off in the short stay zone for up to 30 minutes. There is also a free drop-off area at Mid Stay with a shuttle bus. Either way you pay nothing extra.
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Luton Airport Taxi Prices (LTN)
Luton has one terminal. The Luton DART links Luton Airport Parkway station to the terminal door. The trip takes under four minutes and costs £4.90.
Saloon fares start at £29, the lowest of any airport we cover.
| Pick-up | Saloon | MPV6 | Journey time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milton Keynes | £54 | £69 | 34 mins |
| Northampton | £78 | £93 | 51 mins |
| Bedford | £65 | £80 | 42 mins |
| Aylesbury | £59 | £70 | 41 mins |
| Watford | £40 | £50 | 27 mins |
| St Albans | £41 | £50 | 22 mins |
Luton charges £9 to drop off for 12 minutes, then £1 a minute. The Long Stay car park is free for the first two hours, with a shuttle from Bus Bay B. Your fare covers the charge either way.
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Birmingham Airport Taxi Prices (BHX)
Birmingham runs a single terminal for all arrivals and departures. Leave the M42 at junction 6 and join the A45. Saloon fares start at £30.
| Pick-up | Saloon | MPV6 | Journey time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leicester | £81 | £102 | 51 mins |
| Nottingham | £100 | £126 | 63 mins |
| Coventry | £45 | £60 | 23 mins |
| Derby | £90 | £112 | 56 mins |
| Worcester | £79 | £98 | 49 mins |
| Wolverhampton | £68 | £91 | 46 mins |
Premium Set Down costs £8 for the first 15 minutes. The Drop Off car park is free for 10 minutes, with a covered walkway to the terminal. Your fare includes the charge.
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Taxi to London City Airport Prices (LCY)
London City has one terminal and no motorway. Drivers approach over Connaught Bridge from the west, or Redgrave Bridge and Albert Road from the east. The airport has its own DLR station beside the terminal.
Saloon fares start at £41. Most London City bookings are airport-to-airport transfers.
| Pick-up | Saloon | MPV6 | Journey time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gatwick Airport | £111 | £132 | 67 mins |
| Heathrow Airport | £132 | £158 | 83 mins |
| Manchester Airport | £339 | £411 | 223 mins |
Drop-off costs £8 for five minutes, then £1 a minute, capped at ten. Pre-booked cars collect from the short stay car park. Your fare covers both.
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Liverpool Airport Taxi Prices (LPL)
Liverpool works from one terminal. Leave the M62 at junction 6 for the A5300 Knowsley Expressway.
The eastbound exit slip at junction 6 is shut until spring 2027, so drivers divert via junction 7. We build that into your journey time. Saloon fares start at £35.
| Pick-up | Saloon | MPV6 | Journey time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warrington | £56 | £72 | 40 mins |
| Chester | £57 | £74 | 41 mins |
| Manchester | £75 | £95 | 50 mins |
| Southport | £77 | £93 | 50 mins |
| Preston | £96 | £116 | 61 mins |
| Blackpool | £113 | £144 | 76 mins |
Express drop-off costs £5 for ten minutes. Drop Off 2 is free for 40 minutes, about a 400 metre walk from the terminal.
See all Liverpool Airport taxi prices
What Airport Drop-Off Charges Cost, and Who Pays Them
Every major UK airport charges drivers to stop at the terminal. The fee sits outside the fare. A metered taxi adds it to your bill at the kerb, and a ride-hail app passes it on too.
Your Fastlane quote already covers it. Here is every charge in one place, taken from each airport's own website on 22-09-2026.
| Airport | Terminal drop-off charge |
|---|---|
| Manchester (MAN) | £5.50 for 5 minutes, £6.50 for 10 minutes |
| Heathrow (LHR) | £7 per entry |
| Gatwick (LGW) | £10 minimum, then £1 a minute |
| Stansted (STN) | £13 for up to 30 minutes |
| Luton (LTN) | £9 for 12 minutes, then £1 a minute |
| Birmingham (BHX) | £8 for the first 15 minutes |
| London City (LCY) | £8 for 5 minutes, then £1 a minute |
| Liverpool (LPL) | £5 for up to 10 minutes |
Pick-up works differently. Most airports route pre-booked cars through a car park rather than the terminal forecourt. That is why your driver may ask you to walk a short distance to meet them. Where a car park fee applies, it is in your fare too.
Six of the eight run a free or cheaper drop-off option a short walk or shuttle ride away. Manchester, Stansted, Luton, Gatwick, Birmingham and Liverpool all have one. If you are driving yourself and the timing suits, that is the cheaper way in.
Airports set these charges and change them without much notice. Check the airport's own page before you drive.
Why This Calculator Gives Prices, Not Estimates
Most taxi fare calculators are estimate tools. They guess the meter reading from distance, traffic and time of day. The real meter then ticks differently, and the figure on screen rarely matches the receipt.
Useful as a rough idea. No use at all if you need to budget the trip.
This calculator works the opposite way. The number you see comes from a published operator tariff for your route and vehicle class. It is the same number your driver sees. The same number on your confirmation. The same number you pay at the end.
No meter ticks. No recalculation. No surprise total at the kerb.
Ride-hail calculators sit somewhere in between. They show an indicative price that shifts with demand, weather and time of day. Surge multipliers apply at peak hours, on bank holidays and on airport arrival peaks.
Treat any fare tool that pulls from a meter or a surge model as a guide. This one is a quote, locked the moment you confirm.
How UK Taxi Fares Are Calculated
UK taxi fares run on one of three pricing models. Each gives you a different level of certainty about what you will actually pay.
Metered Hackney Carriage
Hackney carriages are the licensed taxis you hail in the street or pick up at a rank. They charge on a meter. The council that licenses the cab sets the tariff.
Three parts make up a metered fare. A flagfall starts the meter. A per-mile rate runs across the distance. A per-minute rate applies when the cab is stopped or crawling.
Surcharges sit on top. Night rates, bank holidays, Christmas and New Year all carry higher rates. London black cabs run on TfL Tariffs 1, 2 and 3. These switch automatically by time of day and day of week.
The meter stops when the journey stops. You do not know the total until you arrive.
Pre-booked Private Hire Vehicle
A private hire vehicle works the other way round. A PHV can only be pre-booked under UK licensing rules. You cannot hail one in the street or take one from a rank.
The operator publishes a route fare for each pickup and destination pair, by vehicle class. The figure comes from distance, expected journey time, tolls and drop-off charges, worked out in advance.
This is the model Fastlane runs on. Every quote the calculator generates pulls a route tariff matched to your postcode pair and vehicle class. There is no meter in the car. Nothing recalculates mid-journey.
What you book is what you pay.
App-Based Ride-Hail
Uber, Bolt and similar apps are licensed PHV operators too. Their pricing works differently. The figure in the app is worked out live. Inputs include demand, driver availability, time of day, weather and a surge multiplier.
Two things follow. The price you saw at 7am can be half as much again by 7.30am. The journey is also priced against an algorithm, not a published tariff. Detours and traffic can push the final fare above the in-app figure.
A ride-hail price is a forecast. A pre-booked PHV price is a contract.
| Pricing model | How the price works |
|---|---|
| Metered hackney carriage | Council tariff, meter-based. Total unknown until the journey ends. |
| Pre-booked PHV (Fastlane) | Route fare published in advance. Exact figure locked at booking. |
| App-based ride-hail | Algorithm-driven. Shifts with demand and surge multipliers. |
What Your Fixed Fare Includes
Your quote is built from a published route tariff for your exact pickup, destination and vehicle class. It is the full cost of the journey. Every part of it is visible before you confirm.
What's in the price you see
- The full door-to-door journey, with no mileage or time cap on the drive
- All tolls and the London Congestion Charge where they apply
- The airport drop-off fee where one is charged
- Flight tracking on every inbound journey, so the driver works to your landing time
- 45 minutes of free waiting on arrivals, from the moment your flight lands
- One baby seat or child seat on request, fitted before pickup
Optional add-ons, all priced before you confirm
- Meet and greet inside the terminal with a name board, £20
- Waiting time beyond the free 45 minutes, £20 an hour pro rata
- Extra pickup or drop-off stops along the route
Each add-on is priced before you tick the box. The total locks the moment you book.
Vehicle Classes for Your Airport Transfer
Four classes cover every airport transfer. Each one prices from the same route tariff, at a set uplift over the Saloon base.
Saloon
VW PASSAT, TOYOTA PRIUS OR SIMILAR.
| 1 - 4 | |
| 2 Suitcases & 2 Small Bags |
Business Class
MERCEDES E CLASS, BMW 5 SERIES OR SIMILAR
| 1 - 4 | |
| 2 Suitcases & 2 Small Bags |
Mini Passenger Van 6
VW SHARAN, SEAT ALHAMBRA OR SIMILAR.
| 1 - 5 | |
| 3 Suitcases & 2 Small Bags |
Mini Passenger Van 8
MERCEDES VITO, TOYOTA PROACE OR SIMILAR.
| 1 - 8 | |
| 8 Suitcases & 8 Small Bags |
One fixed price covers the whole group. No splitting across two cars.
The class you choose changes the price. Nothing else changes. Every vehicle is PHV-licensed, insured for hire and reward, and driven by a DBS-checked driver.
One baby seat is included free with every booking. Boosters and child seats are available on request.
Long-Distance and Airport-to-Airport Fares
The calculator prices a 200-mile run the same way it prices a 20-mile run. There is no separate long-distance band and no per-mile creep above a set mileage.
Long distance is where the fixed price earns its keep. A metered taxi running for three hours has three hours to drift above the figure you were quoted.
Airport-to-airport transfers work the same way. Both ends are treated as official pickup zones, and drop-off fees are included where they apply.
Runs over 60 miles and airport-to-airport transfers price above the £29 to £198 band.
| Route | Saloon | Journey time |
|---|---|---|
| Brighton to Heathrow | £128 | 81 mins |
| Heathrow to Northampton | £124 | 85 mins |
| Heathrow to Gatwick | £92 | 53 mins |
| Heathrow to London City | £138 | 83 mins |
Whether 25 miles or 250, the figure on your quote is the figure on your receipt.
Operator Credentials
Fastlane Transfers Ltd is a licensed UK private hire operator, registered at Companies House under number 13231404. We were incorporated on 27 February 2021 and have run fixed-price UK airport transfers for more than five years.
Head office is 2 Elton Road, Sale M33 4LA. The phone line is 0161 660 9647, answered 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Calls reach one dispatch team, not a call-centre redirect.
Fastlane Transfers Ltd holds private hire operator licences with five councils: Trafford, Sefton, Wolverhampton, Uttlesford, and Reigate and Banstead. Uttlesford is the authority that licenses Stansted Airport itself.
UK law requires the operator, the driver and the vehicle to be licensed by the same council. Once those match, the vehicle can work anywhere in England and Wales. That is how five licences cover every major UK airport.
Luton and central London bookings are fulfilled by our partner operators, licensed by Luton Borough Council and Transport for London. Same fixed price, same booking system, same standards.
Every driver carries a current PHV badge from the council that issued it. Every driver passes a clear DBS check. Every vehicle carries hire and reward insurance. A licensing council requires that cover before it will issue a PHV licence.
Third-party ratings sit on the platforms that host them. We have no edit access on our side.
| Platform | Rating |
|---|---|
| Trustpilot | 4.8 |
| Tripadvisor | 5.0 |
| 5.0 |
Airport Taxi Price FAQs
Yes, it is final. The number locks at booking. It does not move with traffic, time of day or how long the journey takes. Tolls, congestion charge and airport drop-off fees are already in the figure.
A fixed-price taxi to a UK airport costs £29 to £198. Luton starts at £29 and Birmingham at £30. A cross-country run such as Birmingham to Heathrow is £198. Your fare depends on distance and vehicle class.
From a published operator tariff in our booking system. The figure factors in distance, journey time, tolls, drop-off fees and your vehicle class. The same tariff applies whether you book today or for next month.
It depends on when you book. Ride-hail apps recalculate at booking using surge, traffic and demand, so the figure you saw can rise before you confirm. Our fare is set at the quote and stays put. Compare both before you book.
Manchester Airport fares start at £38. Liverpool to Manchester Airport is £82 in a Saloon and takes about 54 minutes. Leeds is £105 and 65 minutes. Sheffield is £101 and 80 minutes.
Birmingham Airport fares start at £30. Coventry to Birmingham Airport is £45 in a Saloon and takes about 23 minutes. Leicester is £81 and 51 minutes. Nottingham is £100 and 63 minutes.
Stansted fares start at £40. Braintree to Stansted is £70 in a Saloon and takes about 20 minutes. Cambridge is £90 and 41 minutes. Colchester is £69 and 40 minutes.
Yes, at all eight airports we serve. Manchester charges £5.50 to stop for five minutes. Gatwick starts at £10. Stansted charges £13. Every one of those sits inside your quote.
The same fixed-price model applies to any UK postcode. Enter your pickup and destination in the calculator and a fixed quote returns in seconds. There is no separate band for routes off the list.
Quotes are valid through to booking. The figure shown today is the figure you can book tomorrow or next week. Surge does not apply. Route tariffs are reviewed quarterly, so a quote held for months may regenerate.
No. The fixed-price model applies no night surcharge, no bank-holiday multiplier and no peak markup. A 3am Christmas Day pickup costs the same as 1pm on a Tuesday. Same route, same vehicle, same price.
Saloon is the lowest-priced class on every route, starting at £29 to Luton. It carries the same flight tracking, free waiting and DBS-checked drivers as Business Class. Only the vehicle differs.
It depends on the route and how long you are away. Compare your fixed return fare against a week of parking plus fuel. A Watford to Luton return is £80 at £40 each way. Check the airport's own parking price for the same dates.
Yes. We hold PHV operator licences with Trafford, Sefton, Wolverhampton, Uttlesford, and Reigate and Banstead. Every driver carries a current PHV badge from the council that issued it, and a clear DBS check.
A card hold is taken when you reserve. The balance is charged after the journey. Cancellation up to three hours before pickup is free. Because the price is fixed, the amount taken matches the quote to the penny.
Larger vehicles carry a different operator tariff. Business Class adds about 15% to the Saloon fare, MPV6 about 25% and MPV8 about 60%. The uplift shows in the calculator the moment you switch class.
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